When should a child be assessed?
When should a child be assessed? In the first years of schooling it is difficult to form any definitive conclusions about children who might have specific learning difficulties. One risk factor alone does not constitute a dyslexic profile. Some children grow out of their problems and there could be a host of other causal factors […]
Co-occurring Difficulties
Co-occurring Difficulties Specific Learning Difficulties(SpLD’s) are a family of related conditions with significant overlap and co-occurrence, with dyslexia being the most common. The specific learning difficulties include Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia and ADHD/ADD and all effect the way information is learned and processed. They are of neurological origin, more often hereditary and all are unrelated to intelligence. A plausible cause of […]
Dyslexia in adults
Dyslexia in adults Dyslexia as a learning difference persists into adulthood. Recent years have produced greater understanding among educationalists of the opportunities and challenges of having dyslexia. However this leaves a great many older individuals who have went through an educational system believing they were ‘slow’, unintelligent’, ‘lazy’ and with a ringing in the ear […]
Training in Dyslexia – accreditated by Irish Teaching Council/Department of Education and British Dyslexia Association(BDA)
High Quality Training in Dyslexia / accreditated by the Irish Teaching Council /Department of Education and British Dyslexia Association(BDA) New Masters programme in Dyslexia from St Patrick’s College Drumcondra Moving from a medical model of Dyslexia to an educational one, St Patrick’s College Drumcondra will be offering a new two-year Master of Education in Specific Learning Difficulties […]
Individualised Programme of Support
Following assessment, a fine grained intervention programme needs to be put in place in order to secure progress in reading and spelling for the dyslexic learner. A skills analysis needs to be carried out in the first instance. This will inform long term objectives and allow progress to be measured. Key Elements of an Intervention programme […]
Seeking Assessment – brochures
Below please find our new brochures on dyslexia services for both children and adults.
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